Chapter 407 Family Planning is Good
"Link, since you like the scenery and food in China so much, why don't you consider moving back? You are a big shot in China now, and everyone will definitely welcome you."
Jiang Qingqing said with a smile while having breakfast in Tongluoguxiang.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Link's career and connections are all in the United States. It would be too much of a loss if he immigrated back. It's also not cost-effective."
Chen Chong laughed.
"Link is a great director, and his movies can't be made in the country."
Yu Feihong said.
Xu Qing brushed her hair and continued, "I think the biggest problem is that Link's net worth is too high. It's more than the 100 richest people in the mainland combined. There's simply no room for a dragon like him in the country."
Link took the soy milk Zeng Li handed over, took a sip and put it down, smiling, "I have properties in Beijing and Hong Kong Island. When I have time, I can come back and stay for a few days every year. There is no need to immigrate."
"Yes, there are many preferential policies for overseas Chinese to make movies in China, which makes it more convenient."
Yu Feihong said with a smile.
"Link, how does bean juice taste?"
Zeng Li asked, blinking her big eyes.
"It tastes weird. Are you teasing me on purpose to make fun of me?"
"Haha, no, don't you want to taste the local delicacies? Douzhi is the most famous delicacy in Beijing. It would be a pity if you don't try it when you come here."
Zeng Li covered her mouth and laughed.
Others couldn't help laughing.
Link pointed at the girl and decided to shoot her at night.
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At the end of September, Link finished his business in the mainland and flew back to Los Angeles.
Liu Xiaoli personally went to the airport to pick him up. After the car left the airport, Liu Xiaoli immediately hugged his arm, and her warm and sweet breath sprayed on his face, "Monica said you promised to have a child, is that true?"
"Yes, I have a big family now, and I can afford to raise a few children." Link put his arm around her waist and smiled, "Why do you ask that?"
"I want to give birth too!"
"You want to give birth to a child for me?"
"I'm thirty years old. If I don't have a child, I'll be an elderly mother. I don't want to marry you, but I must have a few children so that I can feel more secure."
Liu Xiaoli held him tightly and refused to let go.
"Okay, go back and discuss it with Liu Qianqian first, otherwise she will be unhappy if she has a younger brother or sister."
"It's okay. Xixi is eight years old this year. She is more sensible than other children of the same age. She will understand me. What I need now is your support."
"Okay! Give birth! I'll give birth when I get back!"
But Liu Xiaoli couldn't wait any longer and gave birth in the car.
The reason for being so urgent is that Monica let the cat out of the bag, and everyone knows about it and is very excited. After he returns, those women will definitely hang on to him until they get pregnant.
Liu Xiaoli didn't want to compete with others, so she had to take action in advance.
After Link returned to the villa, the situation at home was exactly as Liu Xiaoli said. Michelle Pfeiffer, Jodie Foster, Renée Zellweger, and Diane Lane urged him to have a baby without waiting for him to rest.
Sandra Bullock, Sofia, Brooke Shields, Nicole Kidman and others also came back from outside one after another and wanted to find him to prove that they had great fertility.
Link was almost annoyed to death by the sound of a group of women talking non-stop in his ears.
He could only call a family meeting and ask them to be more rational and not follow the trend in such matters. They are both popular actors, and if they get pregnant at the same time, it will affect the filming of the movie, and the number of movies released next year and the year after might be reduced by half.
Also, if there were more than 30 pregnant women in the house at once, the scene would be too terrible and he would not be able to take care of them all.
So it is best to follow the order.
Those who are older and less busy at work will be given priority.
You are still young if you are under 30, and you can focus on work. It’s not too late to have a baby in a few years.
Liu Xiaoli, Monica, and Michelle Pfeiffer expressed their support because they are of appropriate age.
Although Jennifer, Sofia, Mila, Liv Tyler, Cameron, Julie, Winona, Katherine, Lopez and other young people were a little reluctant, they also felt that what he said made sense. It was inconvenient for everyone to get pregnant with a same-sex wife, and it was easy for Link to be held back.
After discussion, everyone supported his proposal that people would automatically obtain reproductive rights based on age.
Link also breathed a sigh of relief. If they had children at the same time, in two or three years there would be forty or fifty children in the house. Even if he was rich enough to hire a nanny, it would still be a very troublesome thing.
After convincing the women, Link's life returned to normal. Every day, apart from accompanying Liu Xiaoli, Monica and others to discuss how to have children, he continued to work in the company and prepare for the new movie.
"What's going on at the company recently?"
In the office, Link asked as he flipped through the documents.
Daniel DeVito shrugged his shoulders. "There aren't many big things, but a lot of small things. The first one is that our movies performed well in the summer this year. The seven major film studios all sent people to discuss cooperation with us. Columbia Pictures also plans to sign a new long-term cooperation contract after the first contract ends.
It’s just that our company’s production capacity is limited, so we can’t agree to all of them. You have to make the final decision on which companies to cooperate with.”
Link thought for a moment, "We have had good cooperation with Columbia Pictures over the past three years. If the terms of the new contract are good, we can consider extending it. We can deepen the cooperation with Disney and co-produce two or three films each year. Other cooperation projects will be decided based on the conditions given by several companies, and the highest bidder will win."
"good!"
Daniel nodded. "The Matrix has been approved. Milla Jovovich and Angelina Jolie are both vying for the female lead. I wanted to help them, but the Wachowski brothers disagreed. They said they had someone good in mind and didn't want us to interfere in the casting. These two bastards are too uncooperative."
"Forget it. Let them choose the cast. As long as they can make a good movie, nothing else matters. I'll explain to Mila and Julie."
"well!"
Daniel heaved a sigh of relief. In fact, he personally disliked the unspoken rules in film casting. Actors selected by unspoken rules would be less suitable than those selected through layers of screening, which would affect the quality of the entire film.
But what frustrates him is that the boss of the company has dozens of girlfriends, including all kinds of women, including popular stars, veteran actors, youth idols, etc. This also leads to the fact that before casting for Guess Pictures' movies, the boss' girlfriends have to be given priority.
If there is a role suitable for them, ask them to play it. If there is no role suitable for them, consider other options.
The heroine of this movie "The Matrix" requires an actress who is good at action scenes. Milla Jovovich seems to be a suitable candidate, but the directors Wachowski brothers disagree and insist on using the person they chose.
Harvey was originally worried that this role would cause problems with The Matrix project.
Fortunately, Link was more open-minded and didn't care about this matter.
"Daniel, do you like playing video games?"
"What?"
Hearing this question, Daniel was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "I don't play games. My son likes to play King of Fighters and Contra. I've seen him play them."
"In March, Japan's Capcom released a new game called Resident Evil, a survival horror adventure game. I've played it a few times and found that it's suitable for being adapted into a movie. Please arrange for someone to talk to Capcom and try to get the rights to adapt the game."
"Okay! I'll arrange it in a moment."
Daniel DeVito didn't know what the "Resident Evil" game was like or how suitable it would be for adaptation into a movie, but this was Link's arrangement and he naturally wouldn't object.
In addition to "Resident Evil", after "Tomb Raider" comes out in two years, Link also plans to buy the copyright of this game.
On the one hand, she can make money, and on the other hand, she can give the energetic women at home something to do. Otherwise, he would be annoyed if they pestered him to have children every day.
After seeing Daniel off, Link met with Liu Xiaoli and Jon Gordon to discuss the release of the new movie "Final Destination 2".
The film was supposed to be released in August, but in early August, shortly after TWA Flight 800 took off from Kennedy International Airport, a wing fuel tank suddenly exploded and the plane crashed into the sea, killing more than 300 people.
After the accident, many media reported that the accident had many similarities with the plot of "Final Destination".
There were a lot of tabloid media hyping up the idea that this movie was the cause of the plane crash and that Link and Guess What Pictures should be held responsible.
After investigating the accident not long ago, the reason given by the police was rather vague and no definite answer was given.
Under pressure from the media, the FBI had to say that the cause of the accident was very complicated and had not yet been determined.
This statement caused the "ghost theory" and "death theory" to become rampant.
Originally, only a few tabloids were hyping the story, but by September, even mainstream media got involved and mentioned "Final Destination" in their reports on the plane crash, promoting the coincidence between the movie and reality and asking whether there is a "Final Destination" in the world.
After the mainstream media reported the incident, more news about "Final Destination" appeared, and many people were discussing the connection and coincidence between the two.
But at this moment, more than a dozen small media outlets suddenly jumped out, claiming that these news reports were a trick of Guess the Movie Company, whose purpose was to use the plane crash incident to hype up the new movie "Final Destination 2" and profit from the accident.
Guess What Pictures has a history of using real-life murders to hype its movies, including the Murrieta Murder Case, the Fuller County Sudden Heart Attack Case, and the Simpson Murder Case.
It can be said that he has committed numerous crimes.
Now guess what, the film company is using the plane crash incident to hype itself up again. This is too bad. Everyone should boycott "Final Destination 2".
Subsequently, media outlets such as the New York Post and the New York Daily News reprinted these controversial articles in their social sections, causing the news to gain popularity and Guess What Pictures also faced a lot of criticism.
The company had to announce the postponement of the release date of "Final Destination 2" from the end of August to the end of September.
The public relations department began public relations and used various means to make clarifications.
The legal department sued the New York Post, Star Weekly and other large and small media outlets and refused to accept a settlement. It also sued News Corporation, the parent company of the New York Post, alleging that their practices constituted unfair competition.
Because Guess What Pictures responded quickly, decisively and very toughly, many media outlets were afraid of being implicated and did not dare to take advantage of the popularity, and the negative comments in the media quickly dissipated.
Despite this, this incident also brought a lot of negative impact to the company and "Final Destination 2".
Now that "Final Destination 2" is about to be released, in order to ensure the profitability of this film, the public relations department headed by Liu Xiaoli and the publicity department headed by Jon Gordon must work together to take it seriously and prevent those enemies hiding in the dark corners from jumping out to cause trouble again.
"Boss, compared to Warner Bros., Disney, Fox, and Paramount, we have a big shortcoming in publicity channels. Would the company consider acquiring one or two media outlets as our publicity tools? With the company's strength, we can definitely do this."
Jon Gordon asked.
Link thought about it and didn't agree.
He had also thought about this issue, including acquiring Turner Television and ABC Television, but later rejected the idea.
First, media companies and film companies are two different industries with huge differences, and are very difficult to manage. He himself has no management experience in this area and does not have such talents under him. If he cannot guarantee the profitability of the media company after the acquisition, it is better not to get involved in this industry and just concentrate on making movies.
The second reason is the advent of the Internet era. Compared with traditional media, Internet platforms have huge advantages in news dissemination, including high efficiency, convenience, and cost savings.
In the next few years, information network platforms will be established one after another, including Yahoo, Blog, Google, YouTube, etc. He can make up for his shortcomings in publicity by investing in these websites.
In addition, he can also ensure the company's publicity work by investing in entertainment media groups such as News Corporation, Viacom, Time Warner, and Disney, which is more effective than acquiring one or two media outlets.
"One or two media outlets are not very helpful for our company's publicity work, and poor management can easily become a burden for the company's development. Therefore, the company does not plan to acquire media outlets for the time being. When the company has strength in the future, it will follow the example of Time Warner and Disney and acquire a complete media company to truly make up for our shortcomings."
"That's right! Building a large media group is the way forward for our company."
Jon Gordon nodded and his expression became excited.
After discussing work, Jon Gordon left, but Liu Xiaoli stayed.
"President Liu, do you have anything else to say?"
"What do you think?"
Liu Xiaoli rolled her beautiful peach blossom eyes at him, and without regard for the rules she had set for herself in the past, she sat directly in his arms.
The woman's figure has become fuller, rounder and smoother, which is a bit overwhelming.
"Is it so urgent? We've been sleeping together every day these days. Could you be pregnant? Look at your bulging belly."
"Don't talk nonsense. I'm not that excited. I've been through this before."
Liu Xiaoli patted his chest and told him to stop dawdling and do what a pervert like him should do.
Link sighed inwardly at his miserable life. If he had known earlier, he would not have agreed to let them have children. After they agreed, all these women thought about, talked about and did every day were things related to children.
(End of this chapter)
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